the beginning part 2 (posted in the wrong blog)

i have always loved being busy, making stuff with my hands. though i guess in my mum's eyes "stuff" would be "a mess". hopefully, this will be the start of something more productive than just daydreaming about what i want to do, and actually doing it! many of us are guilty of this i think.

100 year old oak, before any clean up had been done.

i recently aquired two lengths of timber (oak we are led to believe) from a regular customer at work, who is converting an old stables. fortunately for me, he donated them for free. unfortunately for me, there are tons of nails, a bit of rot, and some considerably massive knots. beggars can't be choosers i guess, plus it is an awesome opportunity to give some 100year old timber a new use. not quite sure what i'm going to make of them yet, going to clean them up massively first! after getting a feel for my uncle's tools (he has very kindly let me use his workshop for free), and realising their sheer destructive ability, i am slowly exposing some of the amazing character this item holds.

close up. a lot of work yet to be done! 

so far i have learnt that the abortech is a seriously gnarly piece of kit and should only be used when necessary, that if i press too hard with any power tool it will definately cause me more work by hand later on, and if i think something is a bad idea then it means that it definatley is. you can see evidence of this learning process in the photo above.  more to come!

o.